E326/4/7/18

Date Inhabitants names, residence, and parish Actual # of shops Shops at £5 to £9 Shops at £10 to £14 Shops at £15 to £19 Shops at £20 to £24 Shops at £25 to under £30 Shops at £30 and upwards Duty
Lawswade parish
David Douglas Loanhead £5.0.0 £0.1.8
John Trottor 2 £5.0.0 £0.1.8
£10.0.0 £0.3.4
Midcalder
Mr Hamilton £5.0.0 £0.1.8
Peter Nicol £5.0.0 £0.1.8
John Penny 3 £5.0.0 £0.1.8
£15.0.0 £0.5.0
Collected
Inveresk 15 £74.0.0 £20.0.0 £1.18.0
Dalkeith 43 £221.0.0 £62.0.0 £5.15.0
Lawswade 2 £10.0.0 £0.3.4
Midcalder 3 £15.0.0 £0.5.0
63 £320.0.0 £82.0.0 £8.1.4
Proof
£320.0.0 at 4 [£0.0.4] p [per] £ is £5.6.8
£82.0.0 at 8 [£0.0.8] p [per] £ is £2.14.8
£8.1.4

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[Page] 18

I John Wood Surveyor aforesaid do hereby Certify that after careful
examination I find these duties to amount to the Sum of eight pounds
one Shilling & four pence Stg [Sterling]; And that this day being the 29th Decr [December]
I did deliver to George Cranstoun Esqr Collector a full duplicate
of this Accompt duly examined & compared and which conta[ined]
my oath that notices were left for the several Inhabitants intim[ating]
that they were to be charged with the sums set agt [against] their names
[signature squeezed into end of last line of] John Wood

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